en déshabillé

American  

[ahn dey-za-bee-yey] / ɑ̃ deɪ za biˈyeɪ /

adverb

French.

1. in dishabille; not fully or carefully dressed.

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Example Sentences

Ryan McGinley may be another influence, as seen in portraits of friends en déshabillé.

From New York Times

In one, the Buddha’s mother, Maya, anticipates his birth in a dream, and the artist has made her look like a Roman matron en déshabillé and asleep on her couch.

From New York Times

One day when she had got home early from rehearsal, and was spending some rapturous moments over the adored silken head asleep on its pillow, Mrs. Print came to her very much en déshabille, her head wrapped in a towel, full of excitement.

From Project Gutenberg

The scene of so many triumphs as have there been achieved is not without its attractions, even though it may look differently en déshabille from what it does in the glitter of gaslight.

From Project Gutenberg

He will find every third building occupied by a lawyer or a doctor, around whose open doors will be congregated knots of young men, en deshabille, smoking and conversing, sometimes with animation, but more commonly with an air of indifference.

From Project Gutenberg